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도둑이 제 발 저리다 (A guilty conscience needs no accuser)

도둑이 제 발 저리다 (A guilty conscience needs no accuser)

▣ 도둑이 제 발 저리다 (A guilty conscience needs no accuser (literally, a thief's legs go numb)) : The state in which someone is automatically feeling uncomfortable if he/she has do...
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옷이 날개다 (Fine feathers make fine birds)

옷이 날개다 (Fine feathers make fine birds)

▣ 옷이 날개다 (find feathers make fine birds (literally, your clothes are your wings)) : Wearing good clothes enhances the image of a person.     
2015-04-09 0 530
손발이 맞다 (Gel as a group)

손발이 맞다 (Gel as a group)

▣ 손발이 맞다 (gel as a group (literally, 'hands and feet are working well together)) : have a good c hemistry between the people who work together    &n...
2015-04-09 0 504
수박겉핥기 (Scratch the surface)

수박겉핥기 (Scratch the surface)

▣ 수박 겉핥기 (scratch the surface (literally 'lick the rind of a watermelon')) : go through something roughly without understanding the content or important meanings &n...
2015-04-09 0 328
You had a hard time to come all the way here

You had a hard time to come all the way here

▣ 애를 먹다 (have a hard time (literally, 'eat Ae')) : have considerable difficulties and feel extremely tired     
2015-04-09 0 287
I have put up a wall against math.

I have put up a wall against math.

▣ 담을 쌓다 (build a wall) : cut the relationship with something/someone     
2015-04-09 0 265
날이면 날마다 (Day in and day out)

날이면 날마다 (Day in and day out)

▣ 날이면 날마다 (day In and day out) : Every single day      
2015-04-09 0 255
고개를 못 들겠어 (I can’t raise my head.)

고개를 못 들겠어 (I can’t raise my head.)

▣ 고개를 못 들다 (unable to raise one’s head) : Unable to behave with confidence because of feeling sorry or ashamed     
2015-04-09 0 277
간 떨어질 뻔했잖아 (I nearly had a heart attack)

간 떨어질 뻔했잖아 (I nearly had a heart attack)

▣ 간이 떨어지다 (have a heart attack (literally, have a liver failure)) : be suddenly astonished     
2015-04-09 0 301
I can’t stay still because of my itchy mouth

I can’t stay still because of my itchy mouth

▣ 입이 근질거리다 (have an itchy mouth) : The condition in which someone wants to tell something or reveal a secret so badly     
2015-04-09 0 259
까맣게 잊고 있었네 (I have blackly forgotten it)

까맣게 잊고 있었네 (I have blackly forgotten it)

▣ 까맣게 잊다 (blackly forget something) : To completely forget something as if all the memories are erased in the brain.     
2015-04-09 0 272
날개 돋친듯이 (Like wings have sprouted)

날개 돋친듯이 (Like wings have sprouted)

▣ 날개(가) 돋치다 (wings have sprouted.) : The image that products sells very well     
2015-04-09 0 243
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